Ten years after a tidal wave destroys a small-town elementary school with all the children inside, a young man builds a mysterious structure out of the school's remains, setting the town aflame with passions long forgotten.

What do the critics say?

Based on 6 The Vessel Cinema reviews, The Vessel gets an average Cinema review score of 72. The score for all versions is 72 based on a total of 6 reviews.

B+/A+

thefilmstage.comCinema

All the same, the journey to that point, and its ultimate message, is as powerfully felt and gorgeously realized as anything one may see on screen this year.

2761d ago

80/100

www.villagevoice.comCinema

Magical realist Terrence Malick only produced dream-like allegory The Vessel, a spiritual fable about an island community that comes to life ten years after its destruction in a...

2761d ago

70/100

www.nytimes.comCinema

The Vessel is a modest, but not maudlin, parable of hope about mustering the strength to vigorously plunge again into life’s uncertainties after a devastating loss.

2761d ago